cancer

TORONTO — Rob Ford is lending his voice to a song in support of the fight against cancer.
In an online music video, the former mayor of Toronto — who is battling a rare form of cancer himself — can be seen in a recording booth...

JUST BECAUSE it’s first versus worst tonight at the Metro Centre, don’t expect the Halifax Mooseheads to take their opponent lightly.
The expansion Sherbrooke Phoenix are in town for their first-ever game against the...

AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong said Wednesday he is stepping down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity so the group can focus on its mission instead of the doping allegations surrounding the former cycling champion.

By now you may have heard Taylor Swift’s heart-rending song Ronan, about the too-short life of a little boy. Swift gave it an emotional performance on the Stand Up to Cancer telethon Sept. 7, and it has been topping the charts ever since.Read More

TATAMAGOUCHE — When confronted with the challenge of a breast cancer diagnosis, sometimes you need education and support, and sometimes you need to dress up like a pirate and have a good laugh.Read More

A Cumberland County libertarian who supports the use of marijuana to fight cancer has lost his bid to have weapons charges against him stayed.
Daren Wayne McCormick adheres to the Phoenix Tears and the Freeman-on-the-Land movements.Read More

TORONTO — The beige van that served as Terry Fox’s home during his 1980 Marathon of Hope journey across Canada is more than just a vehicle. It’s a piece of history that carries many memories for his brother, Darrell.Read More

HONG KONG — Samsonite International SA is recalling 250,000 Tokyo Chic suitcases worldwide to replace handles on the bags after a Hong Kong consumer group found high levels of compounds linked to cancer.Read More

TORONTO, Ontario — The death toll cancer takes in Canada is on the decline, fuelled in large part by the fact that lung cancer is killing fewer Canadian men than it did in earlier decades, the Canadian Cancer Society said Wednesday.Read More

NEW YORK — Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in films, on television and on Broadway in the original Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, has died at age 81.Read More